All the hype about Alaska is real: it is BIG, BEAUTIFUL, and WILD. I don’t know how to begin to describe it after that. Adjectives fail at capturing whatever *it* is here. I feel so lucky to have had the opportunity to live, work, and play here for the summer. …
The beauty of an internship is that you not only gain on-the-ground experience in a field of interest, but you also get to learn about yourself. Internships are a growing experience and to grow you’ve got to fling yourself out of your comfort zone (see diagram). This is my …
For about a decade, stories have been trickling down to the lower latitudes of indigenous Arctic peoples being forced to abandon whole villages because the sea rising up and washing them away. Stories of Inuit hunters falling through the thinning ice. Stories of once vital herds of caribou, a staple for …
I came to Bard CEP after receiving a B.A. in Biology at Hanover College in Indiana. During my time as an undergrad, I began to see an alarming disconnect between the science world and everyone else. Towards the end of my time at college, I knew I didn’t want to spend the …
For the past month, I have been interning with the Ocean Acidification Research Center (OARC) in Fairbanks, Alaska. OARC is a major contributor of ocean acidification research in Alaska, and has made great strides to better understand variability in the stressors that exacerbate ocean acidification around the coast of Alaska. …
This summer I’m spending under the midnight sun working at the Northern Alaska Environmental Center (www.northern.org). The center is proudly the “Northernmost conservation organization” in the United States, and works tirelessly to protect the wildlands of Interior Alaska and the Alaskan Arctic. Located in Fairbanks, AK, the Northern Center, as …
